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.fss; PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL' TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 157 I'm Doing My Best To Get You I ri, Pal" n The wofe far o 1fashi couftj T Qu'. dotoJ glittG wotej al - I ln fhi Sti - fje 'Wa&p ar Seel The official newspaper of the Publications Board of - the University of Vorth Carolina at Chapel Hill, where it is published daily during the regular sessions of the University at the Colonial Press. Inc.. except Mondays, examinations and vacation periods and during the oflicial summer terms when published semi-weekly. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office of Chapel Hill, N. C, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price : $8 per .year, S3 per Quarter. Member of the Associated Pressr which is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news and features herein. Opinions expressed by columnists ore not necessarily those of this newspaper. Editor .. ; .-. .". Executive News Editor J. Managing Editor Business Manager '. .... .... Sports Editor "'Staff Photographers ... i .:. ROY PARKER. JR. . . ..... . CHUCK- HAUSER ROLFE NEII.L, . ED .WILLIAMS ZANE ROBBINS Jim Mrllsi . Cornell. Wright Don Maynard, Associate Ed. , Andy Taylor, News Ed. Frank Allston. Jr.. .Associate Spts. Ed. Fa ye Massengill. Society Ed. Neal Cadieu, Adv. Mpv. i. Oliver Watkins. Office Mgr. Shasta Bryant. Circ. Mgr. BUI Saddler. Subs. Mqr. News Staff: Edd Davis. John Noble, Walt Dear, Charlie Brewer, Barrett Roulware, Stanley Smith, Billy Grimes. Sjtorts Staff: Joe Cherry. Lew Chapman, Art Greenbaum, Biff Roberts. Bill Peacock. Ken Barton, Harvey Ritch, Dave Waters, Leo Northart, Eddie Starnes, Bill Hughes. Paul Barwick. .1 Society Staff: Nancy Burgess, Margie Storey, Evelyn Wright. Marvel Stokes, Sarah Gobbel, Lula Overton, Nancy Bates,, Helen Boone, Jimmy tFoust. ..' Business Staffs Boots Taylor, Marie Withers, Charles Ashworth, John Poindexter. Hubert Breeze, Bruce Marger, Bill Faiulkner, Pat Morse, Chuck Abernethy, Martha Byrd, Marile McGenty, Lamar Stroupe, and Joyce Evans. For This Issue: Night Editor, John Noble ? T Sports, Bill Hughes Reduce Districts j . It is about time for some real radical revamping of camp us legislature districts. Elections Board Chairman Julian Mason advocated the move when he gave his most recent re port to the Student Legislature, and a study of his report will bring out a host of reasons why the problem should be care fully and completely looked into and sweeping corrections made. ' - ' There are at present twelve campus districts. They range in population size from 196 in one men's dormitory district to "964 in another. There are seven-representatives elected from the largest districts and a single representative chosen from four of the districts. The immense problem of processing elections for legislators can be seen when it is realized that there are fifty seats to be filled, half in the fall election and half in the spring election. ' - The inadequacies of the present setup stein from several glaring faults. First, there are far too many districts. The situation created at the beginning of every quarter in the Legislature, when from two to a dozen legislators are forced to resign because they have moved out of their district is a direct result of the number of districts. This disadvantage, plus the fact that there may be several persons of legislative quality in a district that is limited to too few teats, offsets any advantage that can be gained by having a large number of districts. The main advantage of a large number is supposed to be that "the fewer persons a legislator represents, the bet ter he will be able to know the prevailing opinion of his con stituency." But we think the quality uf legislators suffers because"bf the limiting factor of a large number of districts. What would seem to be a big step in clearing up the mess, then, would be to drastically reduce the number of districts., Say cut the present setup to .three; men's dorm dis tricts, two town districts, and an overall coed district. That would be within the framework of the Student Constitution, make any further redisricting unnecessary, reduce the num ber of resignations in the Legislature, and make possible a wider range of talent from which to choose solon material. Such a setup would also mean that the number of students in a given district would remain fairly constant, what with the. number living in dorms a constant figure, and a wholesale migration on the part of town-dwellers necessary to cause any big change in the relative size of town district popula tion. . The purely political advantages of the present setup could be very nearly eliminated by a reduced number of districts. The gerrymandered situation that now exists can be illus trated by the fact that the University Party, which did not receive a majority of the total vote in last year's spring elec tion, has more legislators than the Student Party, which won all the campus-wide posts, save one. This is not the outgrowth of an evil plot on the part of the UP; it is-simply a result of the districting setup. v For all these reasons, a drastic change, such as the one suggested here, is needed to clear up the districting problem. Student government leaders should get down to serious work on the problem and come forth with a plan approximating the six-district idea. The move would show up in a more in telligent, responsible, experienced " Legislature, a reduced amount of work on the part of the Elections -Board, and less confusion and political shenanigans on the part of parties and students. Close A Chapter With the advent of real chilling winter weather, we would like to close a chapter of many years' length in the Daily Tar Heel editorial column. We may be ursed in years to come by editors looking for a dull-day editorial subject, but it is high time a few of the old edit standbys were closed anyway. ; . .. .. And what do we think of when cold weather blows in? ' Nothing but the traditional, long-blasted and long-cursed -walks of the campus. Those pathways, now completely mod ernized with antique brick, have fulfilled their usefulness as an editorial subject. Gone are the days of ruined shoes, jokes about men who sank out of sight in the goo before reaching their destination, and the cries-of .oldtimers ,who t bemoaned the passing of a grand old tradition. : ' ' This year there will be no such stuff . Traditionalists have been silenced by progress, shoes now last for years, no one ever turns up; missing in the mud, and the brick walks are in the "taken for granted" class. No doubt, tales from the ( mud-versus-brick chapter of University history will crop up from time to time in later eras. But no longer will students, administration, or . others read anymore about the epoch in the editorial columns of The Dally Tar Heel. When such a oint is reached, surely it is theend of a real period in time. Goodby forever t6 editorial words on brick, mud, shoes and a passing tradition. ' ' NONPLUS by Harry Snook Like most people, I'm partic ular where I eat. But I've , not been as particular' as usual dur ing the past few weeks. I've spent in j' money and taken my chances 'with' the food' and ser vice at all of the eating places in 'the Chapel Hill vicinity: ' ' I confirmed two'popular ideas almost immediately. One is that eating 'out is expensive. And the other is that no food tastes as good as the food that's cooked at home. - Many people students, visit ors' and some faculty members have no choice. They have to eat out and they have to pay the price. For these people, here are comments drawn from notes made in the field. -" . By standards of good food, reasonable prices, satisfactory service and pleasant surround ings, only two eating places fall into what I would consider a four-star category. They are the Carolina Inn dining room and the Porthole. The Inn dining room is quiet, which immediately sets it apart. You'll find cloths .on the tables, uniformed waiters and good ser vice in addition to good food. While the menu rarely offers exciting dishes, they are always well cooked and served in sub stantial quantity. Prices at the Inn dining room are surprisingly reasonable for the class of service. A complete meal, from appetizer to dessert, costs about $1,40, which is out of range of the average student budget. The Porthole offers better food than the Inn, -but under contrasting circumstances. Where the Inn dining room is quiet, the Porthole is filled with music via a -live musician. Port hole service is good and prices are only the least bit above av erage. Little things, like excel lent hot biscuits with plenty of butter, more than make up for the difference in prices. There's only one serious dis advantage in planning to eat out at the Porthole. It's laways cowded. There are more than 20 eating places in Chapel Hill, but, in my opinion, only these two deserve top rating. "However, three oth-. ers are very close to being of the best. They are the Carolina Inn Cafeteria, the Coffee Shop and Danzigers. I lvte them at three and a half stars. While the food at the Inn cafeteria is usually above re proach, you must serve yourself, as in any cafeteria. And, "as in most cafeterias, you spend more money getting the same meal than in a restaurant. .The Coffee Shop deserves a lot of credit for giving the cus tomers their money's worth in food and service. Breakfast, lunch and dinner periods at the Coffee Shop find the large num ber jof tables and booths filled, but quick service means a short wait for late arrivers. The one complaint that I would lodge against the Coffee Shop is that the menu remains too much the same from week to week. But this might account for the favor able prices. Daiger's is that essential for every college town, the "Bohem ian spot." At Danzig :rs you will iini a "Change from the modern interiors of the eating places al ready mentioned. Colored lights, framed pictures, and a truly Bo hemian atmosphere make even ordinary food taste different. Danziger's is noted for its rich food and excellent pastries. And it is also known for exceedingly poor service. You can go into Danziger's right after lunch and be ready for dinner by the time food arrives. Now for the three-star list, which wi1! complete the places I would recommend 'to anyone. " Brady's,, on .the. Durham Read will provide, you with enerpus servings of hot hush puppies, french.f;ries and slaw with a half frfot chiqken ail 'for , $1.25. Brady's is too far from town for Students without dars. and "it is. tfi one. place, .that 'Hvals Danzi ger's for poorest service rating, but that, chicken isgood! For steak,' make It The Pines, on the Raleigh Road. Here, again,, you need a. car,' but it's worth the trip. Service is good and prices are right. And you can get beer with your steak in a private room, eveh, if you prefer at-The Pines. I'll mention the. places that I -wouldn't recommend, and why, "in tomorrow's column. ' - - - - .mm : &4F?&Sif&z '32si?jS. Tar Heel At Large by Robert kuark ''3S MIAMI Fifty-four gamblers, gambling-syndicate chieftains and allegedly corrupt county officials were indicted here by a special grand jury the other day, and as a result Greater Miami is cleaner than an amateur gambler at a' rigged roulette wheel. Prospects for "action" in the winter sessions are slim. Bookies are not to be found. The lush gamb ling casinos are closed. A hoodlum, big or . little, with or without a simonize job, seldom struts publicly. The heat, and it .seems to be honest heat, is on, and figures to get hotter this time. In August, 1947, "a former FBI agent named Dan Sullivan was retained by a group of civil ians. Sullivan's job was to painfully dig up the criminal case histories of men who now lived in opulence and respect among Miami's citizens. Sullivan is a big, black-mustached Irishman who was with the FBI for years. He was parcel ot tne Chicago mob squad that knocked off John Dillinger and was also in on the famous Ma Bak er siege. He went to work on a salary provided by the informal crime commission. It was the only .salary all the other men worked free. Big Dan snooped. He checked realty records. He checked prison records. He checked with other states. Since his appointment he has dug up enough, evidence to show mob ownership of hotels, of restaurants, of all sorts of businesses. He made a unique set of scrapbooks. "These books showed the photos of the hoodlums, photos of their rich homes, photos of their thriving busi ness establishments. It also showed records of their criminal histories. When Sullivan's scrapbooks contained some 150 dossiers of documented 'hoodlums, now high in Miami economics and society, a delegation went to President Truman with the books. Mr. Truman said he" was shocked.-"Why haven't I been told of this?" he asked. Nothing more was heard from the White House. Former Attorney Gen. Tom Clark saw the dossiers and did noth ing. A regional counsel for the Internal Revenue commented that Miami's crime was no national problem, "but was crime merely at a local level," although the documented records showed Sulli van rogues gallery to be composed of high-and-low rIevel hoods from every major criminal com bine in the country. Miami's vigilantes kept right on plugging, as you "will see. Presidential Memo by John Sanders Next month, heads of nearly a score of na tional unions of students-will gather in Stock holm , to discuss ways and means of promoting mutual cooperation in opposition to the Communist-dominated, International Union of. Stu dents." Representatives of the student communi ties of free Europe, the British Commonwealth, and the United States will participate. We will, of course, be represented by the president of the National Student Association. The International Union of Students was formed in 1946, and since 1947 has been little more than another mouthpiece fdr the. Soviet line. While there was still hope of the non-Communist national student unions of France, Brit ain, and other countries of Western Europe gain ing control of IUS, USNSA did not completely close the door on all possibilities of cooperation. . Financed by the Czech government, head quartered in Prague, and largely run by Moscow trained leaders, IUS has been waging for three years an unopposed campaign to spread Com munism across the face of the globe. Colonial and semi-colonial areas Indo-China, Indonesia, and the like have been given special attention in this campaign. Teams of. students and bales of propaganda -have been sent out by IUS.- Students in backward areas have been told-.that the only hope" of 6t tainment of " their ideals of national independence and decent living standards for their people lies in cooperation with the Soviet Union. We know the emptiness of such promises, as do the op pressed students of Rumania and Poland. But there has been no real effort to show to the stu dents of the Far East and elsewhere that cooper ation with Moscow means -submission and subjection. ; Now, at last, work is being begun to counter and defeat the efforts of the International Union of Students to subvert the minds, of the students of those nations which hang in the balance be tween East and West. In the meetings in Sweden, the students of the free world will be looking to the students of the United States, even as do their elders look to the U. S. government, for leadership in this fight. Even though USNSA is the junior of its European equivalents by many years, it must take the initiative in facing the very real menace to the free way of life which Communism and its tool, the IUS, pose. In the Stockholm meeting, and in similar meetings over the next few years, we must de velop a program which will, in the words of NSA President Lowenstein, "include ways and means of telling the students of critical areas of the world the truth about democracy. We must tell them what we are fighting for, and at the same time work out professes for rendering services within the international student community." The responsibility for world leadership now devolves directly on the American student com munity. Ours is the only hand . which, extended to the students of colonial areas, is likely to be received, trustingly. . Certainly... Britain, . France, Belgium, xr Holland would be initially suspected IrT any 'eTforts they might" "make" to help"people j who have iived5ainde:i,etrieir rul for centuries. , Why pdt' leave thisfcorj of "work to"' the State pepartmeiit.serjtirely, "fattier fhaa., involve stu dents, comes the question. Simply because we as , students r anjrnOrp .effectively approach the stu-; ; dents .of bther jaftds jcjfrctly,, ytho4t handi- capping considerations- of protocol arid the niceties of international politics. We, the students of the United States, through NSA, face an international challenge appalling magnitude and terrifying significance. To refuse it is to deny our own strength and our convic tion that purs is the way of freedom and justice for all peoples. To lose it is to deny the free and freedom-loving world the support of that unde cided third of the world's population whose decision will turn the tide of world history to " wards the East" or the West; towards slavery -or freedom. "'- .-.---,--.-. .. The Editor's Mailbox 'George Not Seeking Education' Editor: In regard to a letter appearing in the November 19th The Daily Tar Heel, there are a few things which we should ; to bring to Mr. George F. Smith Jr.'s attention. It is our opinion that Mr. Smith has failed miserably tu that this 'University is inhabited by "joy hounds" who r-r,.-1.. .: . to; distract the attention of others from their studies. We find i ... nearly all freshmen require considerable time to adjust them. i ! . to. the campus, and surely Mr. Smith is no exception. There are some very beautiful buildings on this campus d. cated to the entertainment of the students, but we fail to lecn. r,:, the broken furniture and loud talking in the Library, and tin- :,: comfortable furnishings in the dormitories. There are also numc: s buildings which remain open at night for the convenience of th, people who have difficulty in studying with, other people arour, We do not believe that Mr. Smith is sincere in statins i: "UNC is secondarily meant for the truly ambitious," because a bitious pe'ople do not become disturbed by their surroundings. 1 stead, they strive to overcome any obstacles that they mi. encounter in achieving their ambitions. We fail to recognize a lack of interest in anyone who is an.vi,i to learn, but it is evident that our pal, George, isn't very eaf i t study since he can sacrifice time in order to criticize UNC and i observe the various places for parties. We interpret his idea ot real university as a place equipped with soft, plushy chairs, ''hca-.r. rest" mattresses, soft lights and artistically designed walls in cvit building. It is our belief that George is not seeking an educiitin; but a country club life associating with educated people. John Edward Lester Jesse Wellons Fields Charles Thomas Wimbish The Carolina Front by Chuck Hauser We've known a fellow for the past year or so who probably has more school spirit than any other 10 students you could name combined. He's not' on the cheerleading squad, or in the University Club, or on the Card Board, however. He's just got spirit. His name is Harvey Ritch. Harvey showed up at the house last Friday night late, looking for volunteers to help put cut some Carolina propa ganda throughout the Duke campus on the eve of the big game Saturday. I offered to go . along, and he figured the two of us could" do the job. Goal for the night was the distribution of some 2,500 small "TS cards" with holes punched for the Tennessee, Wake Forest and Maryland, games, all Duke losses for the ,season. A fourth black circle, with a Carolina tag, was on the card. Instructions said "Get yours punched after the game." The cards were printed at pri vate exoense, and their existence was unknown to the University Club, the cheerleading squad, or other official Carolina "school spirit" groups. It took us better than two hours to circulate those things, but when we were through, they were scattered in practically every men's dormitory on cam pus, and profusely placed at the campus post offices on both East and West campuses. We met hardly, a single Duke student cn our rounds, but we did get to know four campus cops, all of whom were friendly ar.J cooperative in letting us go about our business, as long., as we didn't have any paint under 1 ' v our coats. One of them said l,c had been following us for !he better part of an hour, at tiim-:; being so close he could touch us. But let's get to the point ..f our story. Harvey's school spirit k ; him up mighty late that niht. and as a result he slept throm h work the next morning, Satur day. He had a job at the Caro lina Inn. I say "had" since he lost that job because of over sleeping the morning uf the game. I don't know who does the hir ing and firing at the Carolina Inn, but whoever gave Harvey the gate seems to have bevn av. -Tully hasty in light of the reasons for his absence from work. And I understand the person in ques tion was told the whole story behind the prodigal worker': disappearance. Wriich aii goes to show tnat school spirit just doesn't nay at times. Especially since we lost the game. I've got a new erior about, the coffee bar in the Book Exchan.f-, in addition to the continuing complaint that the coffee is still weak as branch water. The reason things move s slowly at the coffee bar is that there are only two sugar con 1 tainers on the counter, which is possibly half the number needed. Persons who have been servd and should clear out of the v.' ay are forced to stand at the h as for several minutes at the.' -waiting for the sugar. Come on. folks. I know youV making money, and a couple more, sweetening utensils cus' cost that much. ACROSS I.' Thiri. narrow strip 6. Factions 11. Pollen brush of a bee ll. I'nyieldins 14. Hut li. Kt-iiion of west . Tn India 16. Cxist 17. Fabric )!. Natural metal 20. Confusiou: colloq. 22. Scraps 2:?. Silkworm 24. Operatic solo ". ConoerniriK 27 Yarn 30. 31. 33. 31. 3. ",. 33. 40. 42. 4;!. 4. ".. 47. 4S. 4!). r.o. egg I'"orce J' Face with stone Measure of capacity Eager Embrace Part of an Spread for drying Swamp I-are wagon Desert dweller lies in Leeislatlv bodies Head covering Emphasize linj 6lP TIE t IR N O & R A P hi E ft olNTYn!e itT;," clTlsf lTT;-rt A 1 A P hi TLETSj fA;CjEtsOs1o.Ti Ei 5 1 S LJ L : A i D F I Y! U!N,C0 M P Li I C A T E S lofofo pi eaTsTe: He 'n e elDlGMjotoTTSi 1ST Yj Solution of Yesterday's Purzla DOWN Tally in a game : JWL 'L ; 1 . I . f m Wv:M't;2 s Iff rzr 3.1 Lzs t ' W mW' m i f Srl. ZW' ''Ay . ' vv 23 ' PI ' 2. Kfenrd affoctioa .3. 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